Table 42 : Percentage distribution of unemployed women andmen by duration of unemployment , August 1996-1998
Duration of unemployment (weeks)
|
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
Women |
Men |
Women |
Men |
Women |
Men |
Total |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
< 5
|
35.8
|
44.2
|
47.4
|
47.4
|
33.1
|
34.3
|
5 - 9
|
21.0
|
23.8
|
18.4
|
20.4
|
23.9
|
25.2
|
10 - 14
|
19.4
|
17.6
|
12.0
|
9.7
|
14.1
|
14.1
|
15 - 26
|
22.2
|
9.4
|
17.1
|
16.5
|
20.5
|
18.7
|
> 27
|
1.6
|
5.0
|
5.1
|
6.0
|
8.4
|
7.7
|
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| Source: NSO; Labor Force Survey , August 1996- 1998. |
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